Roddenberry Podcasts

Were there enough hijinks?  Was there enough bacon?  What did Mission Log Live's callers think of the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds? Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 is halfway over, and while it is not universally hailed as the best modern Trek show, it certainly has a preponderance of fans proclaiming it as such. The latest episode takes Spock where he's never gone before when an alien race "fixes" him by removing the genetic markers that make him half-Vulcan, thereby rendering him completely human. Such a light-hearted...

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Scorpion Part I," three years in the Delta Quadrant and very little sign of the Borg so far. That's good news until we find out why: the scarier, meaner, nearly indestructible Species 8472 has got them on the run. Will a deal with the devil lead Voyager to safety? Or will they get stung?  Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao Welcome to Mission Log , a Roddenberr...

Does the Enterprise need a helmsman? What about a navigator? In the "blue sky" phase of developing TNG, David Gerrold again raised the big questions about computers, A.I., and the future. Joining us again to look back at the ideas that took root and those that didn't, Thomas Marrone from Star Trek: Online returns to The Trek Files. See the documents:  Enterprise D bridge roles memo - 1986 The Trek...

Who flies the show?  We fly the show!  And Mission Log Live's callers have things to say about life "Among The Lotus Eaters" before the forgetting sets in. Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Worst Case Scenario," it's all fun and games on the holodeck until... an anonymous program pits Voyager's Maquis crew against Starfleet while holographic Seska threatens the real crew's safety. Got all that? Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao Welcome to Mission Log , a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a...

You can't always risk the life of the Captain of the Enterprise. That was the thought that inspired the "contact team" when playing the concept for "Star Trek: The Next Generation." What was envisioned as a kind of SWAT for Starfleet didn't materialize then, but they may have had a life by the time "Enterprise" took flight. Thomas Marrone joins The Trek Files again to discuss an early TNG developm...

First La'an gets dragged sideways in time, and then she and an unexpected cohort are thrown back in time.  It must be a Monday, and that means it's time for Mission Log Live's callers to discuss "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow". Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Displaced," the Voyager crew meet some new aliens, but they're slowly taking over the ship. That leaves the crew in an alien prison along with thousands of other captives. Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao Welcome to Mission Log , a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. Each week, Mission Log  examin...

In the earliest days of conceptualizing Vejur for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Gene Roddenberry, Robert Wise, and more of the brain trust met to hash our their ideas. Helping us to parse the "bonkers" document of their meeting, Daren Dochterman joins us again to shed more light on bringing Trek to the big screen. See the documents: Robert Wise, Gene Roddenberry meeting notes - 1978 The Trek File...

What's your verdict on the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds?  A jury of Mission Log Live's callers make their judgments known on "Ad Astra Per Aspera". Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Distant Origin," what's a little light heresy to come between the pursuit of scientific truth and protecting an entire culture's sacred doctrines? Voyager finds humanity's long, long lost cousins. Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao Welcome to Mission Log , a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. Each...

With time ticking before the premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the production requested bids from some of the top special effects companies to bring the Enterprise-D to life. This week, Daren Dochterman joins The Trek Files to talk about breakneck production pace, state of the art effects, and the business side of fantasy. See the documents: Enterprise D model plans - 1987 The Trek Files...

The voyages of Captain Pike's Enterprise continue... without Captain Pike... and without La'an... and without orders to do the very dangerous thing they're doing.  Our callers weigh in on the season two premiere! Be sure to join us live! We're on the  Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern

You know LeVar Burton as Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge of the USS Enterprise -D and more recently as a Commodore and curator of the Fleet Museum. His daughter Mica is known as a professional cosplayer, a video game enthusiast, and Commodore La Forge's daughter Alandra. But what was it like for this father-daughter team to work together on Star Trek: Picard's final season? Learn the answer to this...

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Real Life," the EMH expands his personality subroutines by inventing a holographic family that goes from squeaky clean to dysfunctional to tragic. Meanwhile, Voyager chases space tornadoes! Is this just fantasy?  Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao Welcome to Mission Log , a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode...

It's time for The Trek Files to dive again into Gene Roddenberry's fan mail. From the mid-1970s, kids make up a huge portion of the Star Trek fandom, and in letters to Gene they ask for everything from blueprints to answers for their deepest trivia questions. See the documents: Gene Roddenberry fan mail - 1975 The Trek Files Season 10 on Memory Alpha All episodes and documents: The Trek Files on M...

Season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is mere days away, and who better to anticipate the new adventures than "Dr. Trek", Larry Nemecek, and Strange New Worlds costume designer Bernadette Croft? Be sure to join us live! We're on the  Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Before and After," Kes finds herself in the awkward predicament of jumping backward in time, experiencing various moments of her life that she can't remember. Might have something to do with that temporal torpedo lodged in Voyager at the start of a year of hell.  Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao Welcome to Mission Log , a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, w...

Bob Justman busily pitched ideas in the earliest days of TNG, including the reworking of a classic story. It may not have made it to screen exactly as he saw it, but certain story elements did stick around. Ben Robinson joins The Trek Files to talk about Bob's contributions and "The Most Dangerous Game." See the documents: The Most Dangerous Game - 1986 The Trek Files Season 10 on Memory Alpha All...

Late last year, Celestis Memorial Spaceflights announced their next flight. Dubbed the Enterprise mission, it will see the remains of several Star Trek luminaries journeying into the final frontier on the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Since the announcement, I've had the pleasure of interviewing friends and family members of the late, great cast and crew who will be blasting off next month. Throughout th...

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Favorite Son," wow, Harry Kim, you lucked out! A planet full of women who want to make you their husband to repopulate the species? Too bad they're only after your altered alien DNA and will kill you when they're finished.  Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao Welcome to Mission Log , a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe o...

Continuing our discussion about Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Edition, producer David C. Fein sheds more light on the complications that left TMP unfinished from 1979. In a letter from the period, one of the many contributors to the Enterprise graphics clarifies the work done for Gene Roddenberry. See the documents: Stowmar letter to Gene Roddenberry - 1979 The Trek Files Season 10 on M...

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Rise," what goes up... must keep going until it reaches space. That's the problem facing Tuvok and Neelix when they find themselves stuck on a space elevator. Well, that and the fact that there's a murderer on board.  Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao Welcome to Mission Log , a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe one epi...

Want to program your own Enterprise bridge monitor? For the home computer hobbyist in 1980, Softside magazine published a glimpse behind the scenes of Star Trek: The Motion Picture along with the code to create bridge monitor graphics! The Trek Files looks back at the groundbreaking design work of TMP with David C. Fein, producer of the ST:TMP Director's Edition. See the documents:  Softside magaz...